LAS VEGAS – Rodrigo Nascimento’s UFC run started out promising enough, but then he hit a rough patch.
Nascimento punched his ticket to the UFC on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019 with a first-round submission. Less than a year later, he submitted Don’Tale Mayes in his promotional debut.
But in October 2020, he ran into a red-hot Chris Daukaus, who knocked him out in 45 seconds. It was the first loss of Nascimento’s career. He rebounded nicely with a TKO of Alan Baudot in July 2021, but that win was overturned to a no contest due to a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency violation.
